Chicken brooder and hover



I 1,637,036 y 1927- p. c. CLEMMENSEN CHICKEN BROODER AND HOVER Filed April 19, 1926 INVENTOR PC. (31 emnense A TTORNEY Patented July 26, 1927.

UNITED STATES Parent series.

PETER G. CLEMMENSEN, OF ATLANTIC, IOW'A, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE G. JECK, OF ATLANTIC, IOWA.

CHICKEN BROODER AND HOVER.

Application filed. April 19, 1926. Serial No. 102,994.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in chicken brooders and hovers and has for its primary object to provide a hover wherein the heat within the hover is evenly distributed overthe en tire interior area to prevent crowding of the chicks.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hover having an air inlet passage for directing air over a heater and to be subsequently evenly distributed within the hover.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a hover having a cone-shaped hood formed of a relatively small upper section or apex and a relatively large lower section that is hingedly supported at one side to permit lateral swinging movements thereof to obtain access to the interior of the hover heater or the like and for various purposes.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will become apparent as the nature of t 1e invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section of a chicken brooder or hover constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof with the hood tilted,

Figure is a detail sectional view taken.

on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and

Figure a is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the chicken brooder or hover includes a vertical cylindrical casing 1 closed at its lower end and having a side opening door 2 hinged as at 3 with the upper end of the casing open as illustrated in Fig, 1. An. air duct 1, preferably rectangular in cross-section as shown in Fig. & enters one side of the lower end of the casing l at the floor line with the outer end thereof extended tiru the room wall 6 to permit the flow of fresh air exteriorly of the room thru the air duct and into the lower end of the casing 1. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a side wall, of the air duct & has a horizontally swinging gate valve 7 clo 'ing the side opening 8 and when the gate valve is in the dotted line position in Fig. 3, the flow of air from a point exteriorly of the room thru the air duct is shut off and air in the room is permitted to flow into the duct thru the lateral or side opening 8.

A plurality of vertical brace rods 9 suitably secured to the casing 1 and containing the same throughout their length are provided at their lower ends with angle feet 10 for anchoring to a floor or other support, while the upper ends of the brace rods extend above the casing 1 with the terminal ends converging at at 11 to form a support. The canopy or hood of the hover is of coneformation and is formed of two sections, the upper section 12 of the cone-shaped hood forming the apex and supported upon the upper ends 11 of the brace bars 9 while the lower section 13 of the coneshaped hood is mounted in overlying relation with the upper section 12 and is hinged'at one side thereof to the upper section as at 14 to permit the lower section to be moved laterally as shown in Fig. 2 for access interiorly of the hover.

Any form of heater desired may be associated with the hover; and as diagrammatically illustrated and shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, the heater 15 within the casing 1 carries at its upper end a pipe outlet 16 extending through the upper apex section 12 of the cone-shaped hood and may extend to any point desired. The interior of the casing 1 is provided with a water trough 17 acting as a humidifier for moistening the heated air. The door 2 of the casing permits access to the heater 15 and water trough 17, while lateral pivotal movement of the hood section 11 may be effected by the cord 18 attached to the hood section at its lower end and passing over a ceiling pulley with a counterbalancing weight on the end thereof.

By the provision of the air duct valve '7, the amount of fresh air introduced into the brooder may be readily controlled while the water trough 17 offers perfect humidifying of the air. The heated air passing upwardly around the heater 15 in the casing 1 impinges upon the upperend of the hood and is then directed downwardly and evenly distributed over the entire area within the hover to eliminate the concentration of heat at any point.

WVhile there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to he understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

WVhat is claimed is 1. In a hover of the type described, a casing open at its upper end, a heater in the casing, a conical hood embodying upper and lower sections supported above the casing,

and a hinge connection between the hood sections.

2. In a hover of the type described, a casing open at its upper end a heater in the casing, a conical hood embodying upper and lower sections supporteda above the casing, a hinge connection between the hood sections, a lateral air duct communicating with the lower end of the casing, said duct extending to a point exteriorly of the hover inclosure and a' gate valve in a side Wall of the duct to control the flow of air through the duct from points either interiorly or eX- teriorly of the inclosure.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature,

PETER C. CLEMMENSEN. 

